CarolynBeadleScratch+Assignment+Terms+3+and+4



DUE 16 OCTOBER

You have some choices here.

1. You can do this on your own, or you can work as a pair.

2. Your project can be to do one of the following:


 * Tell a story ** about something which has significance to the local community, the whole school, the whole of Auckland, all of New Zealand, or the Pacific, or indeed the world.


 * OR **


 * Design ** a game that could be used by Year 8 students to help them understand a topic from one of your Year 8 clases that you have studied this year.

You will need to explore the Scratch Tutorials in Section 2 and Section 3 to learn the techniques for organising and creating your program. Before you begin, you must get approval from Mrs Beadle for your project. This means that you must come up with a plan for your final project before you start working on it.


 * Criteria for Project: **

 Project approved first.


 * 1 For a Story: **

a. How significant is it? b. How many characters are involved? c. How many "scenes" are there? d. Is there a large range of Scratch program instructions involved? e. Does the story include own characters created? f. Does the story use recorded voice in a serious way? g. Is the telling of the story accurate? (Does it refer to any research to support the statements made?) h. Does the final story "flow" sensibly. i. are there any notes which help explain the story to a viewer?


 * 2. For a Game: **

a. Does the game have any real purpose? b. Are there clear instructions for a player? c. Are there mulitple levels/scenes? d. Are the levels appropriate - ie do they get harder? e. Are the controls easy to use? f. Have you made any of your own characters or backgrounds? g. Have you used any recorded sound effects? h. Is it challenging for the age group?